Richard Canfield and Stan Wolney talk with Mary Hadfield about why people fall for scams and how to rebuild after being defrauded. Mary credits curiosity and lifelong learning with keeping her sharp enough to spot financial traps. The hosts frame coaching and rethinking your finances as ways to regain control.
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They're looking somewhere, like, where can I go where it's safe, it's secure, it's private. Nobody's going to get into my business.
Are you ever too old to do ibc? The answer is no. But we're going to find out why. Because we are continually finding amazing and incredible people like our guests today. So we're joined today by Mary Hadfield, and I've got my good friend Stan Wolney with us as well today.
I hate to say it, but I've had a lot of people come through to me that have been scammed. A man with a suitcase can take far more from you than a man with a gun. People are looking for something different. Well, I guess there's not a general answer for everybody, Richard, because, you know, I've been fortunate to, as you mentioned, deal with people across the country, and they're all different. But the one thing I think that ties them all together is they want to learn about something new that they think can benefit them. Now, whether we can get them on that right path or not, whether they're like Mary and they're willing to rethink their thinking about what they do with their finances. You know, that's where we kind of come in and help coach them and get them to that point. So I find that a lot of people are coming to us because of their distrust of the institutions that we have out there. You know, whether it's the banks, the government, things like that. You know, they're looking somewhere like, where can I go where it's. It's safe, it's secure, it's private, nobody's going to get into my business. That's a real common thread, and I hate to say it, but I've had a lot of people come through to me that have been scammed. And that really breaks my heart. You know, there's, you know, I think, what's that saying, A man with a suitcase can take far more from you than a man with a gun. So it's very true. I've seen that a lot. So people are looking for something different, you know, and I think that's what we can offer them. And that's what I'd like to do. I like to help them explain this and show them what can be done.
You definitely found someone who was bucking the trend, as it were, with Mary, with her, you know, constant advocation for new learning, but just, again, that openness to be willing to learn a different path. And it seems to me that you might be a bit of A contrarian Mary and that you've always looked for. Maybe what is the, what is the thing that I'm not being told? What's the thing that I don't know about? Is that kind of a good way to describe chunk of your life?
Interesting you would say contrarian because you know that little, what do you call it? Mary. Mary. Mary had a little clamp or. No, something about Mary being contrary. Because I am, I am. I can be very. I can be devil's that I love to play devil's advocate when I want to get somebody to think. But I also like to have fun and, and I, I'll do it in fun. I won't deliberately try to make someone feel bad. I don't think that's right. But it's just when you see something different, I'm. My curiosity gets me. So I gotta check it out. And it's one of those things where you look at it. Well, or I'll look at it and if I. There's something that'll pique my interest and I'll. I'll get into it and see what, what it's all about and take things from there. If I like it, I'll do something with it. If I don't, well then you know, it's not for me, so then I'll move on. But I do love to learn things because it's like it just. I mean that's what keeps me young. I mean if I was sitting there, I can't, I don't understand how people can sit around, do nothing. That's just me. I know some people, you, you know, they may have physical handicaps and stuff, but I've also met a lot of people like that that may not be able to do something physically, but their brain is absolutely vital or full of vitality. And that they're not sitting there just rotting, so to speak might not be the right term, but it's, it's just one of those things where if you're, like I said before, if you're willing to learn, you can go so far, you can go so many places.
How would you like to see a 91 year case study that we put together to explain how this infinite banking thing can work for a family over two generations? Well, you know what? Real easy to do that. We have that right in our second book, Cash Follows the Leader. You can get a copy for free, delivered right to your inbox. Head on over to cash follows.com, that's cash follows.com and pick up a copy right now. I love that you kind of remind me of my mother because she's that firecracker kind of individual, much like you've described yourself, and always being, doing something, not being able to, you know, sit, just sit around, do nothing. I concur. I'm much the same way when it comes to that. And so I appreciate everything you're sharing. And I think that busyness, to some degree, there's. There's busyness that's for purpose and effective, and then there's busyness that's not. But, but a degree of. That does create a level of energy. And the more you can perpetuate and continue that energy going well, that does lead to longer lifespan, vitality. And so I'm really appreciative to hear you talking about those things. We do have a longevity playlist on our podcast where we've had a number of people talking about certain, you know, medical technologies and just mindsets around maintaining, you know, longevity. And one of the things that we learned that I learned both from Nelson Nash and additionally from Dan Sullivan, who is a mentor of ours with a strategic coach. You know, dan, he's about 81 years of age now at the time of this recording, and he's constantly making relationships with younger people because he's curious. He wants to learn what's going on for them, what's different and comparing it against his own experience and how is their experience shifting and changing and how does that inform the future that they're going to. And he's curious about those trends and all those things. And additionally, Nelson was much like that. He invested a lot in younger people. There was a story of a young man who wrote him a letter who was about 18 years old, and it was about he. He had read this book who read Nelson's book, 18, just kind of randomly came across it. And Nelson ended up funding a tuition for him to go to the Mises Institute for a program to learn about Austrian economics. And so he really invested in younger people because he recognized that is. That is the path to the future that we seek. Whether I'm here to see it or not, that future can exist and will occur to the degree that we're able to bring the youth along with us. That's kind of was his mindset. He may not have put it in those words, but ultimately that's the lesson I took away from, from him and my experience of getting to know him. Enjoyed this conversation. Watch the full conversation by clicking right here. Or if you want to see more amazing clips just like this, go ahead and click here.
